Newsletter

Activities ::: mod_newsletter
Maintained by it's meDavid Bogner, Wunderbyte LogoWunderbyte GmbH
This is a newsletter module for moodle. First stable release. It provides the basic features of common newsletter tools. Using it with moodle VERP bounce processing is recommended. But we will add an additional bounce processing feature that will be easier to configure.
Latest release:
293 sites
79 downloads
51 fans
Current versions available: 6

Newsletter module

This is a typical newsletter module for moodle. The features are:


  • Subscription methods: Opt in, opt out, forced
  • Management of subscribed users: Cohort (un)subscription, Ajax user (un)subscription, filtering users
  • Auto generated unsubscribe link
  • Subscription of not yet registered users
  • Multiple attachments
  • Stylesheet: Attach a stylesheet and it will be converted to inline CSS (this is necessary for mail clients)
  • Report of sent issues
  • Resuming sending newsletter if there was a problem so that all recipients will get the newsletter
  • Prevent duplicate message sending
  • Issues overview with sort options: year/month/week
  • Uses moodle internal VERP bounce system, if it is configured correctly
  • Easy to use bounce processing: Just setup the mailbox for the noreply adress defined in the moodle configuration and it will automatically add bounce processing to all the newsletters
  • Personalised newsletters: Supported replacement are (The pattern format starting with news:// makes it possible to use in in links without being modified by the editor):
    • issueurl (URL pointing to the current issue for web view)
      Pattern for replacement: news://issueurl/
    • issuelink  (a full html link pointing to the web view of the current issue)
       Pattern for replacement: news://issuelink/
    • firstname (First name of the user, the newsletter is sent to)
      Pattern for replacement: news://firstname/
    • fullname 
      Pattern for replacement: news://fullname/

Upcoming features

  • Tracking of read newsletter issues
  • Statistics
  • Templates engine

Screenshots

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Contributors

it's me
David Bogner (Lead maintainer)
Wunderbyte Logo
Wunderbyte GmbH: Product owner
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Comments

  • it's me
    Mon, 28 May 2018, 8:04 PM
    Hi Bert,

    yes there will be an update. But implementation of GDPR and other API adaptations are quite time consuming. We are not upgrading to 3.5 before September, so if you want to have it earlier than that, you can always contract me.

    Kind regards,
    David
  • Sa Ku
    Fri, 16 Nov 2018, 2:05 PM
    Hi David,
    Is there an updated version for 3.5 planned?
  • it's me
    Fri, 16 Nov 2018, 5:22 PM
    Hi Sa Ku,

    thank you for asking. In fact the 3.5 version has already been finished some months ago and was available in github for testing. I released it just now. Enjoy.

    Kind regards,
    David
  • Gonzalo Gutierrez
    Thu, 5 Dec 2019, 2:58 AM
    Hi David, great plugin! I am testing it.

    I want to know if it is possible to delete newsletters that have been sent or hide them from the users.

    Thanks!
  • it's me
    Thu, 5 Dec 2019, 7:39 AM
    Hi,
    that is currently not possible. Only via direct deletion in the database. You can only delete newsletter issues which have not yet been sent. That's because in the newsletter there is always a link to the online version of the newsletter, which should always work.
    Kind regards,
    David
  • Darrel Tenter
    Tue, 21 Jan 2020, 2:01 AM
    Will this plugin work up to Moodle version 3.8?
  • it's me
    Tue, 21 Jan 2020, 6:18 AM
    Hi Darrel. I did not test yet. But it is quite likely it will work. It would be good, if you can report back so that we can fix potential problems.
  • Allan Caldas
    Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 1:13 AM
    How do I use this plugin? I did the installation, access the settings page. But I don't know where I can use the plugin?
  • it's me
    Mon, 24 Feb 2020, 1:21 AM
    Hi Allan, this is an activity module. So use it as any other activity. If you want to send newsletter to all users of the platform, then use it on the frontpage or in the main menu on the frontpage. Kind regards, David
  • Leon Vergottini
    Fri, 10 Apr 2020, 10:56 AM
    Hi David. When creating a newsletter some of the CSS get stripped out from email version. Therefore, the newsletter received via email received does not look the same as on web. Is there a way to correct this?
  • it's me
    Tue, 14 Apr 2020, 3:06 PM
    Hi, e-mail is a technology from the 1970s. So if you try to apply 2020 CSS you are going to fail. Nevertheless, we implemented the newsletter in a way, that the attached CSS (if done right) will control email and website rendering the same way. So maybe you have to work on your HTML and CSS classes to get it right. Kind regards, David
  • Dave Emsley
    Mon, 1 Feb 2021, 5:18 PM
    Hi David, I notice there are comments from 2020 but the latest version the plugin seems to be vaildated for is 3.5. Does it work with higher versions please?

    Cheers

    Dave
  • Walter Berthold
    Wed, 20 Apr 2022, 6:22 PM
    Hi David, I used to work with Moodle 3.* so far, but I am wondering whether the newsletter plugin is able to work under the new version 4,0 as well.
    Does it work with 4.0 or is an update needed for that? Since the newsletter is a major function in our environment, I am not able to upgrade to 4.0 until the plugin is ready for it.
    Kind regards, Walter.
  • it's me
    Fri, 3 Jun 2022, 1:06 AM
    Hello Walter,
    at the moment we are very busy with other projects. The main client of the newsletter module is currently busy with an internal restructuring and therefore it is not yet foreseeable if and when a Moodle 4 version will be commissioned. However, we will try to keep the plugin updated.
    Kind regards,
    David
  • Walter Berthold
    Fri, 3 Jun 2022, 1:20 AM
    Thanks, David, for the heads-up. I would be more than happy to see a new version coming around.
    Anyway, the existing version works with Moodle 4, however, an update would bring probably a couple of extra options.
    In the meantime, I just need to know whether there is an option to delete an obsolete newsletter document in any way?
    Would this be possible with the existing version, though?
    Thanks and kind regards
    Walter
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